Hi! I discovered this new feature today as well. We run a moderation process on our forum, and suddenly new users started getting random usernames like “happybreeze34”. This is an issue for us, as we’d much rather have users go by their own name rather than a random alias.
While trying to work around this, I found that opting out of the “generate random username” option just reverts to a “user1”, “user2”, etc. pattern instead, which isn’t really better.
I also found the overall flow a bit confusing: users first have to enter a code sent by email to get approved, but then, to actually log in, it’s unclear how they’re supposed to proceed, since they’re prompted for a password they never set. You have to once again send a code (and this is not obvious). Once logged in, they then have to figure out how to change their username on their own. Altogether, it makes for a fairly long and confusing onboarding process, especially on our end, since accounts also require moderator approval before users can even reach that stage.
So, as it currently stands, this flow doesn’t quite fit our needs either 